Apple corer



Max. 13, 1923. 1,448,652 A. M. ANDERSON ET AL APPLE CORER Filed Aug. 25,1919 a 1nost practical and effective manner.

Patented Mer. 13, 1923.

mrasraTaS Mraar ARVID M. ANDERSON AND WALTEB W. ABITZ, on Rocnrom,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS T0 noonroanmnrar. SPECIALTY,COMFNY, or ROCKFORD,ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TION OIE ILLINOIS.

AEPLE sonna.

Application filed August 25, 1919. Ser2il No. 319,812.

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Be it known that e, ARVID M.'ANDERSON and VALTER W. Anrrz, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of VVinnebago andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements inApple Corers, of which the following is a specification..

This invention pertaining in eneral to vegetable cutters and crushers,as more particular reference to devices.used or coring fruits espeiallyapples. L

The primary object of the invention is to ioVide as a new article bimanufacture, a corer et simple and nojvel construction WlllCl1 shallenablthe coring of fruits, in VVe have also ai1ned to s0 construct thecorer that it is capable of production at a comparatively -low cost andso. that it shallem body suchsymmetrical design as to promote itssalability.

Another important object is the provision of a corer having a novelcoring action. Our invention contemplates coring by two movemonts thatis, an initial movement which substantially cores an apple but louves aportion of the coreunsevired, and a final severing movement which causesthe core to he forcibly ejected from the device by reason of the actionof a spring-pressed ahntment therein. To illustrate concretely theoperation of our improvement in its preierred embodiment, the operatorpresses the coring devine into an apple so that the core is embraced andinclosed within such device and completely severed except for a striplongitndinally of the core. During this action, an abut1nent within thedevice has been retracted against a spring pressure and upon giving thedevice a partial r0- tative movement said core strip Will be severedfrom the apple, whereupon Said abutment vrill :orcihly eject the corefrom the derice This permits the operator to first perforn1 the majorcoring operation and then h;y holding the apple over or point ing thedevise toward the opening of a pore receptacle, cause the core to bedischarged into the receptacle by simply imparting a partial rotativemovement to the device. V

Other objects and attendant advantages Will be appreciated as theinvention becomes botter understood by reference to the followingdescription when considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in

which Figure 1 1s aplan view of a corer embodymg our .1mprovements;

Fig. 2, a side elevatiori of thecorer, illustraing its use in connectionwith an apple; anc

Figs. 3 and 4, cr0ss-sectional views taken substantiall on the lines 33andp4+4 respectively Qf Fig..2.

Our improved corer comprises, generally stated, a handle 5 preferablofthe mushroom type, a. tubular coring body designated generally bycharacter 6 and a yield- ,inp; abutment 7 movable lengthwise within thetubular body. This body is preferably tormedin two sem1-c1rcuhrsections8 and 9 for convenience 1nmanufacturing, these sections being suitablyseCured together at the edges 11 by means of a lap joint. The tubularbody thus produced is rigidly secured to tlie reduced shanl: 12 of thehandle We have designed to s0 shape the corer body that a portion orstrip Of the core Will be unsevered by the act of pressing the devicethrough an apple tosuch an extent as would ordinarily completely severthe core. To this ehd We have shaped the tubular body to provide taperedcutting edges 13 which con verge inwaidly and merge into thelongitudinally extending edges 14 which dene the sidesof diametricallyopposed openings 15 extending longitudinally of the tubular body toasubstantial depth, as clearly shown in the drawing. From thisconstruction, it Will be manifest that when the tubular body is pressedthrough an apple as indicated in Fig. 2, with the edges 13 encirclingthecore the latter will be completely severed except for the stripsoccupying the openings 15. These strips may loe severed by the edges 14by imparting a partial rotative movement t0 having diametrically opposedguides 17 guided in the ways 18, extending longitudinally of the tubularbody. An expansion spring 19 interposed betwcen the shank 1 of thehandlc and the abutment 7' constanfly urges the latter toward the openor cutting end of the coring bodx to the full lino position indicated inthe-drawing limited by the onter ends of the guide slots 18. When thecoror is pressed into an apple as indioatod in Fig. 2, the abutment willbe rctracted to snbstantially a position indicated by the characzer 21,Fig. 2. At this stage in the o peration it: Will be observed that thecore 1s substantially severcd from the apple cxcept for the stripsbetween the edges 14L. Upon partially rotating the coring device, thsestrips Will be severed and tne cre Will be instantly discharged orejected through the open and of the tubular body by the action ofthesprin 19 against the ahutment 17. lt Will thus be manifegt that wehave prov1ded a selfcleamng corer ci a very simple construction WhiChcauss each core to be instantly discharged at the will of the opcrat0r.That is the operator n1ay per form the major coring operation by holdingthe apple in any position desired and then causes the core to bedischarged directly into a receptable by siniply pointing: the deviceinto the openin of the receptablo and tnrning the handle slightly.ieatnre enables the coring operation w perfor1ned very quickly andconveniently withont scatccring thecores or requiring extra ti1ile ofthe operat0r to extraet the ocres from the device. The constructionshown in exceptionally simple and enables the production of a corer as aneW article of manufacture at a comparatively lOW cost.

It is believed that the foregoing conveys a clear understanding 01: theobjects and Principles of our improvement and while we have illustratedbut a single working embodiment thereof, it should be understood thatvarions changes might be made in the construction and arrangementwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asexpressed in the appended claims; in which Ve daim:

1. A corer of the character descxibed comprising a tube-like coring bodyeqnippcd at one end with a handle and at its opposite open end with acutting edge and havinn L longitudinal slot the sides of Which mergcinto said cutting edge, an ejeotor slidahle lengthwie Within said body,and a spring wthin said body constantly urging the ejector toyvard saidopen end, whereby the corcr when pressed through the fruit Will out thecore from end to end and leave an unssvered portion and whercby uponrotation of the corer said portion Will be severed and autOmaticaHyejeeted from the fruit by the spring-pressed ejeot0r.

2. A corer 0]"? the character describcd comprising a tube-Iike coringbody equipped at one end with a hand1e and having diamctrically opposedlongitudinal slots mcrging at the opposite end of said body into taperodcutting edges, each half portion 01: the body defined by said slotsbeing shaped to provide a longitudinal ejeetor-guiding slot, an

'ejector slidab1e lengthwise within said body and having diamctrieallyopposed projections guided in the second mentioned slots.

and a spring within said body constand urging the eject0r t0ward theopen and thereof.

ARVID M. ANDERSON. W ALTER W. ABITZ.

